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I have UBUNTU 16.04.05 LTS X64 and when I try to add any repositories I'm having the following error!

for example I have used: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps and the result is:

    This PPA Contains Applications for Ubuntu/Linux Mint from different sources but debianized by http://www.NoobsLab.com
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~noobslab/+archive/ubuntu/apps
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/add-apt-repository", line 168, in <module>
    if not sp.add_source_from_shortcut(shortcut, options.enable_source):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 768, in add_source_from_shortcut
    self.set_modified_sourceslist()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 492, in set_modified_sourceslist
    self.save_sourceslist()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/softwareproperties/SoftwareProperties.py", line 658, in save_sourceslist
    self.sourceslist.save()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/aptsources/sourceslist.py", line 413, in save
    files[source.file] = open(source.file, "w")
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/noobslab-ubuntu-apps-xenial.list'
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmph_0b92bg/secring.gpg' created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmph_0b92bg/pubring.gpg' created
gpg: requesting key F59EAE4D from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmph_0b92bg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key F59EAE4D: public key "Launchpad PPA for NoobsLab" imported
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
gpg: keyblock resource `/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/noobslab_ubuntu_apps.gpg': file open error
gpg: no writable keyring found: eof
gpg: error reading `/tmp/tmph_0b92bg/pubring.gpg': general error
gpg: import from `/tmp/tmph_0b92bg/pubring.gpg' failed: general error

it always gives me this error with any sort of repositories that I try to add. I have tried many solutions I'm going to list them below:

Error : Running add-apt repository ppa:

How to install certificates for command line

Permission denied: '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-earth.list'

and many many other solutions given to related problems. no one worked for me.

is there any solutions here?

regards

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output of file /etc/apt/sources.list is shown below:

/etc/apt/sources.list: ASCII text

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    Please, edit your question to post the output of file /etc/apt/sources.list.
    – Olimjon
    Jan 11, 2019 at 15:10

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I have found the solution on my own.

In /etc/apt just create the following directories:

apt.conf.d, preferences.d, sources.list.d, trusted.gpg.d or sudo mkdir apt.conf.d sources.list.d trusted.gpg.d

It will do the job.

Regards

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